The only gains that a Throttle body spacer would have would be cooler
air flow... OH WAIT - that would only work with a carb!!! - DOH! Back in the
"old" days (BEFI - Before EFI), one wood take something as crude as a piece
of plywood, and sandwich it between the carb and the intake to keep the carb
cooler. Result was cooler gas, cooler 'charge' in the intake and one could
see a small (read: itsy-bitsy) increase in power (although I did notice a
tad better throttle response). Once the aftermarket learned of all the crude
things that shade-tree (like me) were using, they got all fancy.. and
started with aluminum spacers... DOH - they transferred the heat! Then out
came this fancy plastic/fiberglass stuff called Phenolic which did the job
rather well (from what I here), but cost a bit more money than digging out a
small piece of plywood.
Now.. without actually looking into the actual flow characteristics of
stuff.... I could theorize for a minute. If you were the put a spacer ON TOP
of the throttle body it MIGHT increase the velocity of the airflow into the
throttle body. Again, this worked with a carb... but since the fuel delivery
is elsewhere (on the fuel rail) and controlled by a computer an increase is
not very likely.
An engineer I am NOT, but I think I have a slight understanding of some
of this stuff through years of wasting money :-)
~Ron .... Denver, CO
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>
> >From: "Kevin Reimer" <kwreimer@msn.com>
> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> >To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> >Subject: DML: Re: Throttle body spacer Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:15:12
> >-0800
> >
> >
> >I am under the impression from what i have read that this spacer doesnt
do
> >NO good. waste of money, i guess only way to find out is to install one
and
> >find out for yourself(myself).Jet performance products make there own
which
> >looks good, .
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Curtis Kitts <cwkitts@prodigy.net>
> >To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 5:41 AM
> >Subject: DML: Throttle body spacer
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Ok guys, tell me what this does. Horsepower gains and such. An where
to
> >get
> > > one. Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Curt
> > >
> > >
>
>
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